Dark cyan

#4e838c

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark cyan, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Dark cyan, a muted teal at 189 degrees. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark cyan color values

Every conversion for #4e838c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e838c

RGB78, 131, 140

HSL189, 28%, 43%

HSV189, 44%, 55%

CMYK44%, 6%, 0%, 45%

Lab51.55, -15.13, -10.39

XYZ15.99, 19.75, 27.78

Decimal5145484

Web safe#669999

Pantone3145 C

Shades of dark cyan

#477880 #416c74 #3a6168 #33565c #2c4b50 #263f44 #1f3438 #18292c #121e20 #0b1214

Tints of dark cyan

#58939e #67a0aa #78abb4 #8ab6be #9cc1c8 #adccd1 #bfd7db #d0e2e5 #e2edef #f4f8f9

Colors that go with dark cyan

Complementary#8c574e Analogous#4e8c76 Analogous#4e648c Triadic#8c4e83 Triadic#838c4e Split complementary#8c4e64 Split complementary#8c764e

Dark cyan in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 44, 6, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e838c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 6 0 45

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 10 4 51

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark cyan in css

Copy #4e838c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e838c; }
.text { color: #4e838c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e838c; }

How dark cyan looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark cyan and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4e838c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e838c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark cyan on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4e838c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark cyan? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark cyan into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4e838c and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark cyan, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4e838c are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.